New State Land Lease Requirement Deals Additional Blow to Fledgling Coal Export Proposal

March 17, 2014

Blog post by Brett VandenHeuvel, Executive Director—

Oregon Requires New Land Lease For Morrow Pacific Coal Export Project

March 17, 2014. The State of Oregon notified Ambre Energy (Ambre) that its controversial proposed coal export terminal is located on state-owned land in the Columbia River and now requires a state land lease. In a letter sent from the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) to Ambre on Friday, March 14, 2014, the agency alerted Ambre that its proposed Morrow Pacific coal export project requires aquatic land leases both at Port of Morrow and Port Westward, the upstream and downstream ends of the project. Ambre has long stated that it did not need a lease from Oregon, but the letter from the DSL provides clear evidence to the contrary.

Read our full press release on DSL's decision.